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Topic: Homecoming.
- Football game between: Missouri and Kansas in the pre-civil war days, during the "Border Wars"
- Athletic director invited all Alumni to "come home" for the game in 1911
- had a parade with a spirit rally and bon fire
- game was a 3-3 tie
Traditions
- Homecoming court
- -King
- -Queen
- -prince and princess
- usually king and queen are seniors
- Prince and Princess are usually in elementary
- classmates voted with a secret ballot
- usually announce homecoming queen and king at a pep rally before the football game
Parade
- have a grand marshal
Tailgate
- colleges have a tailgate party
- set up tents in parking lots and around the stadium to play games, socialize, and drink
- had TVs for people who didn't want to go into the game
Spirit Week
- you dressed up on every single day as the set theme
- Friday: school colors
Rallies
- many schools had rallies that ended with a bon fire
- rivals school mascot was burned in a controlled fire
- Texas A&M do not host a homecoming
Dance
- like a fall prom
- decorated
- had a theme
- for colleges: didn't have a campus wide dance but would have one in the Frats and Sororities
Competitions
- had powder puff football
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